How many hours a week are you at work?

[Imp]

About 40 hours a week, then add on 2.5 hour commute per day. Will soon be a 3 to 3.5 hour commute with relocation.

 

[highland145]

livin the Obama dream

Till he finds his medicare has been cut $700B.

 

[ichy]

80

8am to 8pm m-sat
10pm-12am m,t,th,fri

Physician in residency training?

 

[ichy]

45 if you count lunch, although I usually use my lunch hour to run errands outside the office. If they're going to force me to take it then I'm going to use it to get stuff done that would eat up my time in the evening otherwise.

If I ever find myself working significantly more than 40 hours per week on a regular basis I'll consider that a life failure.

 

[JimmiG]

I'm at work from about 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Actual work hours are 7:15 - 3:45.

I also have a 3h 10m commute every day. Total time spent away from home every day is about 12 hours or 60 hours a week.

On the other hand, the bus is door-to-door with comfortable reclining seats, so I usually end up sleeping on the bus 1.5 - 2 hours a day.

 

[wirednuts]

i just found out i work 9-5 and that includes my lunch. unpaid 1/2 hour lunch, granted, but im pretty happy i dont have to be there as long! and i can take my lunch whenever i want.

i feel like i hit the lottery

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Generally about 38 hours. I do occasionally work a little more but I refuse to regularly work 50+ hours a week. If you're one of those people regulary working 60/70+ hours per week, you're doing it wrong.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Unemployed bum.

School takes up 10 hours a week in class, and 30 hours at home studying or whatever.

LOL.

 

[ichy]

If you're one of those people regulary working 60/70+ hours per week, you're doing it wrong.

Unless you're earning enough money that you can retire several decades early.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Unless you're earning enough money that you can retire several decades early.

Very few people who work those hours are in that boat and they've done nothing except throw their best years away chasing a carrot dangled in front of them. No thanks. My time is too valuable to be working all those extra hours free to the employer. Now, if you're getting paid OT or something like that, it is different but I am referring to salaried, mid-level positions here.

 

[ichy]

Very few people who work those hours are in that boat and they've done nothing except throw their best years away chasing a carrot dangled in front of them. No thanks. My time is too valuable to be working all those extra hours free to the employer. Now, if you're getting paid OT or something like that, it is different but I am referring to salaried, mid-level positions here.

The person I'm thinking of is a friend of mine who's a manager at a big gov't contractor. Awful, awful hours but I know that she regularly makes $250k+ per year with bonuses. I couldn't work those kinds of hours forever, but if you suck it up & suffer for a few years and bank a big portion of your income it could give you a pretty nice level of financial freedom early on in life.

For the most part though I agree with your point. Life is not a contest to see who finishes with the most money in the bank and nobody ever went to their grave wishing they had spent more time in the office.

 

[Saint Nick]

LOL.

I laughed too.

 

[rudeguy]

I laughed too.

I love Shorty.

I always picture him as an angry midget

 

[highland145]

I love Shorty.

I always picture him as an angry midget

In a pirate costume.

 

[rudeguy]

In a pirate costume.

dude he's jobless...

lets start a fund. I bet he'll take the pic for $100

 

[highland145]

dude he's jobless...

lets start a fund. I bet he'll take the pic for $100

He has one. Don't remember where I saw it. He just needs to post it.

 

[rudeguy]

He has one. Don't remember where I saw it. He just needs to post it.

in a pirate costume?

 

[Cookie]

in a pirate costume?

I'd contribute funds to see that.

 

[highland145]

in a pirate costume?

IIRC, on a site that shall not be named. Him standing on a back deck.

 

[AMDZen]

40 give or take 2-3 hrs either way

 

[Tweak155]

The person I'm thinking of is a friend of mine who's a manager at a big gov't contractor. Awful, awful hours but I know that she regularly makes $250k+ per year with bonuses. I couldn't work those kinds of hours forever, but if you suck it up & suffer for a few years and bank a big portion of your income it could give you a pretty nice level of financial freedom early on in life.

For the most part though I agree with your point. Life is not a contest to see who finishes with the most money in the bank and nobody ever went to their grave wishing they had spent more time in the office.

It also depends if you really love what you're doing.

Otherwise I agree. I keep it to 40hrs.

 

[shortylickens]

Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
You're cool.
Fuck you.
Fuck you.

 

[midwestfisherman]

~45 hrs per week.

 

[herm0016]

50-60 during slow weeks, and 100+ when busy. though, 40-50% of my yearly income is based on the revenue i generate. and every 14 days I get 7 off.

lol...I must be doing it wrong too, iI could be working some dead end for half the pay and 40 hours a week.

 

[Tweak155]

50-60 during slow weeks, and 100+ when busy. though, 40-50% of my yearly income is based on the revenue i generate. and every 14 days I get 7 off.

lol...I must be doing it wrong too, iI could be working some dead end for half the pay and 40 hours a week.

What is your net income at the end of the year? Yeah sounds like you might make half the wage but based on your numbers, it is also half the time.